INTERMITTENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermittency mean? 

• INTERMITTENCY (noun)
  The noun INTERMITTENCY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

  Familiarity information: INTERMITTENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMITTENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

intermittence; intermittency

Hypernyms ("intermittency" is a kind of...):

irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)

Derivation:

intermittent (stopping and starting at irregular intervals)